CIEL group to hit capital market by first half of 2024 The Initial Public Offering of human resources solutions provider CIEL Group is expected in the first half of 2024. The city-based company has ‘rigorously’ invested in optimizing the HR processes with digital intervention, said CIEL Group Executive Chairperson and Director K Pandiarajan on Tuesday. “I take pride in announcing that CIEL has rigorously invested in optimizing HR processes with digital intervention,” he told reporters. The IPO would help in strengthening these plans, positioning CIEL as the leading HR services provider, offering seamless end-to-end HR solutions, he added. The upcoming IPO is expected to enable CIEL to support its technology investments for digital assets and team expansion apart from pursuing the trajectory of inorganic growth. On the job market expected during the second half of the year, in a statement, CIEL Group said the recruitment activities in information technology, outsourcing, and startups are expected to pick up in January-March 2024. Bright spots can be witnessed in Banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), electric vehicles, healthcare, and telecom sectors. According to the company, employment in Tier II and III cities is expected to grow faster than that in the metros backed by the growth of the internet and shifting consumer spending towards online shopping.
Last Friday, WTI and Brent slid 3% after strong U.S. jobs data raised concerns that the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates, which in turn boosted the dollar. While recession fears dominated the market last week, on Sunday International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol highlighted that China’s recovery remains a key driver for oil prices.
“If demand goes up very strongly, if the Chinese economy rebounds, then there will be a need, in my view, for the OPEC+ countries to look at their (output) policies,” Birol told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in India.Price caps on Russian products took effect on Sunday, with the Group of Seven (G7), the European Union and Australia agreeing on caps of $100 per barrel on diesel and other products that trade at a premium to crude, and $45 per barrel for products that trade at a discount, such as fuel oil.
“For the moment, the market expects non-EU countries will increase imports of refined Russian crude, thus creating little disruption to overall supplies,” ANZ analysts said in a client note. “Nevertheless, OPEC’s continued constraint on supply should keep the market tight,” they said.